Morning After Event Galleries

December 20, 2018 - Business After Hours: Riggenbach Tile & Carpet - What a wonderful Business After Hours and Annual Christmas Party hosted by Riggenbach Tile & Carpet at 801 Third Street, New Martinsville, WV 26155. Lots of door prizes, food and networking!! The Big Bucks Winner of $100 was Cricket Web Services- Michael Scharf!! Thank you Don, Jackie, Matthew and Jessica for hosting.

December 14, 2018 - Lunch & Learn Series: Ready, Relax, Recharge - was held on Friday, Dec. 14th at WVNCC. What a great turn out and thank you for everyone who attended and enjoyed a relaxing day of adult coloring, socialization, with great food and prizes. Thank you to WVNCC for letting us use a room and Robert Thomas for fixing soup, chili, and muffins!!

December 4, 2018 - Ambassador Luncheon- A big thank you to Holiday Inn Express for letting the Chamber use one of their meeting rooms and a big thank you to B & B Buffet for catering the luncheon.

December 1, 2018 -Christmas Day Activities- What a nice turn out even tho it was a rainy day. All the kids had fun and enjoyed a fun filled day of several different activities and patiently waiting for the Christmas parade to start and of course to see Santa Claus!

November 9, 2018 - Business After Hours: Wheeling Nailers - What a nice turn out with great food, lots networking and the Wheeling Nailers also won their game!!! Big Bucks drawing was for $50.00 and Domino's Pizza -Morgan Lacefield name was drawn- No winner at this time- reminder you must be present to win!! Next Big Bucks Drawing will be on Dec. 20th at Riggenbach's Tile and Carpet Business After Hours! Thank you Wheeling Nailers!!

November 9, 2018 - Ribbon Cutting: First Mutual Bank- Located at 610 N. State Rte. 2, New Martinsville, WV 26155. What a nice turn out for a bank that has been in town for a few years just a different name. Thank you for everyone for attending the Ribbon Cutting.

November 5, 2018 - Ribbon Cutting: Sistersville Florist-619 Wells Street, Sistersville, WV 26175. What a nice turn out as we welcomed a local business.

October 30, 2018 - Lunch & Learn Series: Drug Awareness -Presented by Carla McBee, Officer Roger Spragg, Officer Jordan Swanberg and Sheriff Mike Koontz. They spoke about the drug abuse in our area, signs of drug abuse, the process of drug testing for employees of businesses, and enabling. Carla is the store manager and trainer for CAM Safety in New Martinsville. At CAM Safety, she is in charge of the drug testing process and has first hand knowledge of how it affects industry and any hiring process. She is involved in training the community in how to recognize drug abuse and how to do effective CPR if needed until emergency help arrives.

October 18, 2018 - Business After Hours: Brandon Galici, Financial Advisor for Edward Jones -What a wonderful Business After Hours hosted by Brandon Galici, Financial Advisor for Edward Jones! had a lot of fun networking and learning more about our members that attended, great door prizes AND WINNER OF THE BIG BUCKS DRAWING: Debbie Kurfis of Peoples Bank!!!! Congrats Debbie!!!! Next Business After Hours is Friday, Nov. 9 hosted by Wheeling Nailers. More details coming out later today.

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September 25, 2018 - Lunch & Learn Series: Electrical Safety Tips, Presented by Larry Fraleigh, PE American Electric Power, Mitchell Plant. Larry is a Registered Professional Engineer in West Virginia. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Akron. He is currently Electric Process Owner at the Mitchell Plant responsible for the long term transformers of the turbines, generators, transformers and associated plant equipment. Thank you for everyone who attended and our presenters: Larry Fraleigh and Kathy Phillips.

September 24, 2018 - Entrepreneur Pitch: was held at the Mollohan Center. We had a nice turnout and 9 competing businesses. 1st place winner: B& B Buffet $3000, 2nd place winner: Minna's Main Street Salon $2000, 3rd place winner: S&S Diamond & Fine Jewelry $1000. Thank you to everyone attend and competed.

September 20, 2018 - Business After Hours: Peoples Bank: Located at 207 Main Street, New Martinsville, WV 26155. Everyone had a great time at the Indoor Tailgate Party! Lots of good food, games and networking.Big Bucks name drawn was Robert Walters -The Truck Stop. No winner this time, you MUST be present to win. Thank you, April Pierce and Ashley Blake.

July 31, 2018 - Lunch & Learn Series: WV Birth to Three RAU-1,A program of Catholic Charities WV, is the state's early intervention program that serves children ages newborn to three years old that have developmental delays or special needs. Services are offered at no coat to our families, and are provided in the child's daily natural setting. Thanks to everyone who attended and to our presenters: Melinda Graham, Marah Utt, Carla Hudson!

July 30, 2018 - Pay It Forward Event: was held at 5:00 pm at the Paden City Development Authority building located at 425 S. 4th Ave., Paden City, WV 26159. Local nonprofits participated in a competition for funding for a community improvement project. We had 9 non profits that completed!!!! Winners were: 1st place: Wetzel County Hope and Memories: Project: Operation Concession Trailer, 2nd place: New Martinsville Lions Club: Project: Happy Little Feet, and 3rd place: Sistersville United Methodist Church: Project: Backpack Program. Thank you to ALL that attended and voted!! Many thanks to our major sponsors: Williams Energy and Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley - Wetzel County Fund, also all Chamber Community Cash Participating businesses.

June 7, 2018 - State of Wetzel County Breakfast hosted by Genesis and Wetzel County Chamber of Commerce was held at Genesis New Martinsville Center 225 Russell Ave., New Martinsville, WV 26155. Guest Speakers were: Lisa Heasley - Wetzel County Commissioner, Larry Tackett - WVNCC Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development, Jerry Mullens - Westlake Plant Manger, Jason Hamman - Economic Development Director for Monroe County, OH, and Charles Clements - WV State Senator. Thank you for joining us.

June 6, 2018-Workforce Job Fair: Workforce job fair was held at the United Methodist Church on Howard Jeffers Drive, New Martinsville, WV 26155. What a nice turn out and great job opportunities.

June 1, 2018 - Ribbon Cutting Wetzel County Home Care -Visit them at their new location! 411 N. State Rt#2, New Martinsville, WV 26155

May 29, 2018 - Lunch & Learn Series: Increasing Food Access in Wetzel County: Was held at WVNCC Campus, New Martinsville. We Learned the efforts in the county to increase availability of locally grown and produced food, updates on the expansion of the Wetzel County Farmers Market, SNAP, WIC funding, partnership with the WVU Food Justice Lab, and the Wheeling Health Right to develop a Farmacy program.

May 15, 2018- 2018 Community Awards: Was held at the Mollohan Center, 4-H Camp Grounds, New Martinsville at 5:30 pm. We had seven (7) categories: Business Owner of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Educator of the Year, Employee of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Professional of the Year, and Youth of the Year. The Winners were: Business Owner: Rob & Erika Donaghy-PJ's Pizza, Citizen: Joey Barker, Civic Organization: Lighthouse Child Advocacy Center, Educator: Leslie Lively, Employee of the Year: Sergeant Don Larson, Entrepreneur: Mollie Barker of Ridge Runners, Professional: Patrolman Jason Utt, Youth: Teran Malone. Congratulations to all of the winners and ALL of the nominees! Thank you for making this years event a success!

April 26, 2018 - Business After Hours was hosted by CAM Safety, located at 1240 State Rt. 2, New Martinsville, WV 26155. Everybody had a great time at the circus! Lots of games, great food, and networking. Big Bucks name drawn was Lane Evans - Individual Member. No winner this time, you MUST be present to win. Thank you Carla McBee for hosting this event!

April 25, 2018 - Paden City Student Career Fair, was held at the Matthew Barker Memorial Complex: 217 N. 4th Street, Paden City, WV 26159. Joe Manchin United States Senator and Paden City High School were proud to host a Student Career Fair 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. Local schools in the area got to talk and get information from a variety of jobs that were available in the area. What a great turn out and gave the students some face-to-face with possible future employers.

April 24, 2018 - Lunch & Learn Series: Buying, Selling and Financing, was held at WVNCC, New Martinsville Campus at noon. Brian Feldmeier and Jane Ann Gamble of Wetzel Valley Agencies, Inc. advised on how to market your home / commercial property or buy the home / commercial property of your dreams. In addition, Rachel Herrick, Adam Koontz and Bobbie Six of Union Bank was on hand to answer any financing questions- loan types, credit requirements, ect. Thank you for everyone attended.

April 24, 2018 - Tyler County Candidates Night, was held at the Senior Citizen's Center, 504 Cherry Street, Middlebourne, WV. Reception at 5:30 pm, Live Radio Broadcast at 6 pm. What a great networking evening of meeting and greeting all Tyler County Candidates. Constituents was given an opportunity to submit questions for the candidates before the broadcast began. Then the Candidates was given a time to respond to any questions. Thank you for everyone attended.

April 21, 2018 - Short Line 5K Run / Walk. Great fun for all that participated. Shoe Sensation donated the water and gift certificates for the winners. The Chamber provided medals for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the Run and Walk categories. Winners were: RUN: 1st: Mike Herrick, 2nd: Winter Higgins. WALK: 1st: Alex Thoburn, 2nd: Trace Freed, 3rd: Stacey Judge

April 19, 2018 - Wetzel County Candidates Night, was held at the Mollohan Center, New Martinsville, WV. Reception at 5:30 pm, Live Radio Broadcast at 6 pm. What a great networking evening of meeting and greeting all Wetzel County Candidates. Constituents was given an opportunity to submit questions for the candidates before the broadcast began. Then the Candidates was given a time to respond to any questions. Thank you for everyone attended.

March 27, 2018 - Lunch and Learn Series: Facebook, Linkedln and Twitter, OH MY! Was held at WVNCC, New Martinsville Campus. This session was co-presented by White Caps Creative Group Social Media Specialist, Jessica Doyle and C.E.O, DeAnn Cummings.They shared tips on which social media platforms are most relevant to your business, what posts work hardest for you, and when to choose paid ads on theses sites. Remember the Lunch and Learn Series are always FREE and open to the public. And the informational meeting lasts one hour.

March 15, 2018 - Business After Hours was hosted by Decades, located at 319 Main Street, New Martinsville. What a unique store, Deanna McConaughey, owner and operator has a wide variety of new, repurposed, and antique items to offer. It is a must see variety of gift items. Everyone enjoyed a relaxing, networking evening with great music! Big Bucks name drawn was Your Stores. No winner this time, you MUST be present to win. Thank you to Deanna for hosting this event!

March 6, 2018 - Lunch and Learn Series: Media: Past, Present, Future, was held at WVNCC, New Martinsville Campus. The session was co-presented by Carman Harman of WETZ /Power Country 99.5, Greg Goodfellow, Station Manager of WRSG Radio, and Scott Northcraft, Operations Manager of WXCR / LiteRock 93. They reminisce about the past media structure and how much today's media has changed and all the challenges. They discussed about the future media as well. Remember the Lunch and Learn Series are always FREE and open to the public. And the informational meeting lasts one hour.

Jan. 25, 2018 - Business After Hours was held at Prodigy Wellness Center, located at 313 Main Street, New Martinsville. We had a great turn out and some fun watching the Zumba class! Sarah Shepherd, Owner and Operator explained the various programs offered and the equipment available for use. Big Bucks name drawn was The Cellar Door. No winner this time, you MUST be present to win. Thank you to Sarah for hosting the event.

Business After Hours was held last night at WVNCC. It was a great turn out. Very exciting to see everyone out and about. WVNCC announced that they have some new programs that will be coming up this fall; Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development Program. Some of the programs are: Basic accounting, Computer/internet/websites, social media for business, marketing concepts and management principles. There will be more information coming soon. We had a BIG BUCKS winner: Diana Kline-Powell of the Flower Basket and Gift Shop $500!!!!! Thank You WVNCC for hosting this event.

March 28, 2017- The Chamber teamed up with WVU Extension to host a Lunch and Learn on Social Media. Thank you Mollie and Lisa! We would also like to thank WVNCC for graciously letting us use Rm 110 for this class. Don't miss the follow up Interactive Evening Education on Social media coming up on April 6 from 6-8 pm in the computer lab at WVNCC New Martinsville campus.

March 23, 2-17- The Chamber THANKS the Wheeling Nailers for hosting the March Business After Hours! Everyone enjoyed great food, networking and a WIN for the Nailers! Big Bucks name drawn for the $400 would have been Darrell Veyon of V.I.T.A.L. Resources, if he would have been present. Sorry Darrell! But good news everyone at the next Business After Hours the amount will be up to $450.

Lunch & Learn: Drug Awareness taught by Carla McBee of CAM Safety was held February 28, 2017 at WVNCC.

This event was eye opening and very educational about an ongoing epidemic in our community. It was very well attended.

February's Business After Hours was hosted Thursday February 23rd by our Paden City Chamber members: Domino's Pizza, The lighthouse Child Advocacy Center, Paden City Development Authority, Susie's Crafts, and VITAL Resources. Domino's provided the refreshments; PCDA provided the location; Susie's Crafts, WXCR, and VITAL Resources provided the door prizes; and VITAL Resources Hosted the Safety Themed Jeopardy Game of the evening. Hometown Racing Association/Tyler County Speedway was the big bucks drawing $350 winner, but unfortunately they were not present so they do not receive the prize.

The Annual Business Meeting/ January Business After Hours was hosted Thursday January 26, 2017 by The Wetzel County Chamber of Commerce at West Virginia Northern Community College. Norman Schwertfeger with WVU Extension gave a wonderful teamwork presentation. Chamber President Don Riggenbach reviewed WCCC 2016 news and events. A very successful silent auction was made possible through items donated by King's Corner Furniture & King's Blingz, The Wheeling Nailers, Sleep Outfitters, Sistersville Emporium, The Orchard Bed & Breakfast, WETZ/Power Country 99.5FM, Domino's Pizza, Riggenbach Tile & Carpet, Prodigy Wellness Center, The Arcane Game Store, Marah Utt- Scentsy Consultant, Anytime Fitness, Mountain Maids & Men, and West Virginia Northern Community College. The Big Bucks $300 Drawing winner was Oshawa Central Newspaper, but unfortunately they were not present so they do not get the prize money.

Business After Hours December/Christmas Party 2016 was hosted by Riggenbach Tile & Carpet. All had a great time participating in a gift exchange and several rounds of game shows. Winners of each round of the game shows got to go into the cash cube. What a great job Don and his team did putting on this event!

The Chamber Ambassadors held the session to provide information about events and activities the Chamber offers. Thank you to all attendees! If you could not join us, watch the website for more upcoming events! Thanks to Quinet's Court Restaurant for catering the event!

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Celebration Dinner held January 22, 2015

Wow! What an amazing event! Amazing food, great entertainment, and WV Secretary of Commerce Keith Burdette as guest speaker, the evening was well attended despite the cold weather. 105 folks attended the event. The floral arrangement on table tops were provided by Flower Basket & Gift Shop and Occasions Florist. Luckily attendees received these as door prizes and the end of the evening. Shooters Saloon won the Top Chef contest. All food prepared and provided was a treat for all! Participating restaurants and caterers of the evening were: Azteca Mexican Restaurant, La Pasta Bella, Marv's Place Restaurant, Rose Marie's Cafe, Shooters Saloon, and The Orchard Bed & Breakfast. The Pay It Forward Grant recipient was announced as well. $500 grant went to Santa Boot Drive for Tyler County - Community Resources, Inc. of Tyler County. Sponsors of the event were: Air Evac LifeTeam, Axiall, EQT Corporation, New Martinsville Challenge & Regatta, West Virginia Northern Community College, and Williams.

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Chamber Recognizes Senior Services at First Christian ChurchThe Senior Access Point was recognized by the Wetzel County Chamber of Commerce in a ribbon cutting at the opening festivities at The Disciples Center for Human Wholeness at 515 Maple Avenue in New Martinsville on Sunday, January 26, 2014. Pictured from left are Pastor Vic Hunter of First Christian Church, Chamber President Don Riggenbach, Senior Access Point Administrator/Advocate Kyleen Jiannine, and Church Board Moderator Penny Morris. Riggenbach said, "We are delighted to welcome this new and important service to our community."

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Riggenbach Tile and Carpet Business After Hours December 19, 2013

Chamber President Don Riggenbach along with his son, Matthew Riggenbach and Matthew's wife, Jessica Riggenbach did it again this year. This event was another great way to end the year, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and the wonderful door prizes. This is not only a business after hours but also a Christmas Party.

Wetzel County Chamber of Commerce Donated to Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley (CFOV) to establish a fund for Wetzel County which will allow grant applications to be submitted for consideration which will help with economic development within the county. For more information call Peter Riesbeck, CFOV at 304-242-3144.

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Wetzel County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade, December 7, 2013 (Some photos were provided by Paden City Mayor Hopkins)

Over 60 parade units participated this year, and the streets were lined with onlookers. Everyone awaiting Santa's arrival even in the bitter cold temperatures!

S & S Diamonds and Fine Jewelry has gotten a new look inside, stop by and see all the renovations. Located at 3 Ada Drive, Suite 4, New Martinsville, WV 26155.

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Town and Country Days Fair 2013

Thanks to Chamber Members, two tables were filled with items from and information about our members and upcoming events! This was a new experience for staff and a very exciting week. Special recognition goes out to Bob Miller for all of his assistance as well as two members that helped staff the table during that week, Chris Williams of Grisell Funeral Homes and Greg Richmond, Individual Member.

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Back to School Bash Sponsored by New Martinsville Care & Rehab August 1, 2013

Wow! What an event to be proud of, New Martinsville Care & Rehab provided back to school supplies for children from Wetzel, Tyler, and Monroe Counties. The turnout of parents and children was amazing with over 350 children receiving free school supplies. The supplies were donated by organizations, businesses and individuals throughout the area. Thank you for all who volunteered and donated supplies!